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Nuclear News 40 Under 40—2025
Last year, we proudly launched the inaugural Nuclear News 40 Under 40 list to shine a spotlight on the exceptional young professionals driving the nuclear sector forward as the nuclear community faces a dramatic generational shift. We weren’t sure how a second list would go over, but once again, our members resoundingly answered the call, confirming what we already knew: The nuclear community is bursting with vision, talent, and extraordinary dedication.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 42 | Number 3 | December 1970 | Pages 257-259
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The equivalence relation for the calculation of resonance capture employs a modified rod radius to account for inaccuracies in the Wigner rational approximation of the probability of escape from the rod. In this paper we extend older work to derive a correction to the mean chord length which depends on the peak resonance cross section, the potential scattering, and the rod radius. Such a formula represents a useful compromise between use of the less accurate but computationally convenient equivalence relation and accurate but computationally complex methods. By fitting the radius modifier over a wide range of values, the following representation is found: